Quest (2006 film)

Quest
Directed byAmol Palekar
Written bySandhya Gokhale
Produced byPadma Vellaturi Rao
Uma Ganesh
Vahini Vijay Saradhi
StarringMukta Barve
Rishi Deshpande
Mrinal Kulkarni
CinematographyDebu Deodhar
Edited byAmitabh Shukla
Music byAnand Modak
Release dates
  • 29 August 2006 (2006-08-29) (India)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesEnglish
Marathi

Quest (Marathi title: Thang) is a 2006 bilingual English and Marathi Indian drama film directed by Amol Palekar, starring Mukta Barve, Rishi Deshpande, Mrinal Kulkarni in lead roles. The film is last part of the trilogy on sexuality, which includes Daayraa (The Square Circle, 1996) and Anahat (Eternity, 2001). It is an urban story of a woman who discovers that her husband is homosexual.[1][2] It was premiered at the Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) on 5 August 2006.[3]

This is first English language film made by Palekar.[4] Both the version in Marathi and English were shot simultaneously, and the shooting was completed in 25 days.[3]

At the 54th National Film Awards, it won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Palekar's Quest: The inside story". CNN-IBN. 29 September 2006. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. ^ Rajeev Masand (29 September 2006). "Quest is a boring saga". Moneycontrol.com, CNBC-TV18. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Amol Palekar has no regrets". Rediff.com movies. 13 September 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Amol Palekar's first English feature QUEST". glamsham.com. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  5. ^ "54th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  6. ^ "54th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 24 March 2012.